Samsung boss meets Elon Musk to discuss semiconductor for Tesla

Samsung Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong discussed ways to collaborate on the automotive semiconductor business in a meeting with Tesla CEO Elon Musk during a business trip to the U.S.

The company revealed that Lee met with Musk at Samsung Electronics’ North American Semiconductor Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, on May 10. This marked the first time Lee has met with Musk.

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Samsung Lee Elon Musk semiconductor meeting focused on the semiconductor business for Tesla’s vehicles. Tesla is designing its own fully self-driving (FSD) chips which serve as cars’ brains. The chip design and production process can determine the car’s safety, so close cooperation with foundry companies holds the key.

The meeting between the heads of the two companies bodes well for the production of existing Tesla chips as well as Samsung taking an order for next-generation FSD chips. Industry watchers are paying much attention to whether Tesla will give a chip foundry order to Samsung or TSMC.

Samsung and Tesla have a strong relationship in autonomous driving semiconductors. The Korean semiconductor giant’s foundry division produced Tesla’s autonomous driving chips.

In 2019, Musk officially announced during the introduction of Tesla’s FSD chip that Tesla had entrusted Samsung Electronics to produce the semiconductors at its 14nm process line. Samsung is still producing Tesla’s self-driving chips at its Austin, Texas, foundry in the United States.

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